<p>what's funny is people say a school like Vassar/Middlebury/Carleton etc. is hardly recognizable because it is an LAC. Have you ever cracked open an issue of USNews? Believe it or not, employers, people in academia, prospective students, parents of prospective students, etc. all look at those rankings and see a school like Vassar ranked #11 in the nation among LACs. And yet you say it is not recognized? By who? The layman? Well, down here in Texas relatively few people are familiar with Vanderbilt - what's your point?</p>